The revolutionary ground-based telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, will provide Earth's largest view of the cosmos.
that its appearance changes noticeably on a day-to-day basis. Eventually, the steel skeleton seen in the new images will be covered, and the structure will be capped with a characteristic dome.
From the groundbreaking ceremony in 2014 to the halfway completed point, nine years have passed, but the remaining 50% of the ELT is expected to be put together in just five years. The telescope is expected to open its eye to the cosmos in 2028, delivering its first scientific results in the same year.
The flurry of activity needed to complete the ELT isn't just underway in the desert of Northern Chile, however. Companies in Europe are currently hard at work building the telescope's mirrors and other components.
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